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CDC Weighs HPV Vaccine For Boys

Oct. 20, 2009
An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will decide tomorrow whether to recommend that boys get the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. The vaccine protects against the most common strains of the virus that causes genital warts and cervical cancer.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch